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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

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Finally, I place a strong emphasis on assessment as a tool for both learning and evaluation. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

Faculty Focus

Finally, I place a strong emphasis on assessment as a tool for both learning and evaluation. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students

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Student evaluations. If students evaluate teachers on how well they believe the teacher has accomplished the course objectives, then helping them decipher goals and objectives is not just a useful assignment for their learning; it is also about how teachers are assessed. I have made teaching goal-writing to my students my new goal.

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Feedback as a Dialogue 

Faculty Focus

How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? As a bit of a too-long-didn’t-read (TLDR), I worked as a K-12 educator, an instructional developer, and a post-secondary instructor.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

None of these learning outcomes should be confused with statements used in semester-end student evaluation forms. Moreover, while student evaluation statements may be modified to a limited extent to fit a given course, largely they are a one-size-fits-all measuring instrument meant to apply to all faculty in a department or at an institution.

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Taking Grades (Stress) Out of Learning 

Faculty Focus

To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. How do you evaluate your preparation for them? How many assignments have you completed, including peer evaluations? Below are some practices I use in my ungraded class, focusing on learning and growth. Is there anything remaining uncompleted?

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

None of these learning outcomes should be confused with statements used in semester-end student evaluation forms. Moreover, while student evaluation statements may be modified to a limited extent to fit a given course, largely they are a one-size-fits-all measuring instrument meant to apply to all faculty in a department or at an institution.